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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 67 |
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Though Ambrose Merlin's prophecies are held as idle
tales, Though Iona's ruined cloisters are swept by northern gales:
One in name and in fame Are the sea-divided Gaels.
In Northern Spain and Italy our brethren also dwell And brave are the traditions of their fathers that they
tell: The Eagle or the Crescent in the dawn of history pales Before the advancing banners of the great Rome-conquering Gaels.
One in name and in fame Are the sea-divided Gaels.
A greeting and a promise unto them all we send : Their character our charter is, their glory is our end — Their friend shall be our friend, our foe whoe'er assails The glory or the story of the sea-divided Gaels. One in name and in fame Are the sea-divided Gaels. |
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THE CELTS
LONG, long ago beyond the misty space Of twice a thousand years, In Erin old there dwelt a mighty race, Taller than Roman spears; Like oaks and towers they had a giant grace,
Were fleet as deers, With winds and waves they made their 'biding place, These western shepherd seers. |
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